An average movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but, since it seemed to have a decent reputation and since it was available on Amazon Prime, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, to be honest, I wasn’t really impressed by the damned thing after all. Basically, they took the infinite time loop concept which can be entertaining and basically added 2 new features but, as far as I was concerned, it wasn’t as clever as the makers probably thought it was. The first thing they did was to start right in the middle of the time loop instead of the very beginning. As a result, the main character was actually already aware of what was going on which wasn’t a bad approach but, except skipping the usual exposition scenes, I don’t think this choice really had so much added value after all. The 2nd thing was that, instead of having 1 character stuck in this loop, they had 2 characters which clearly gave a new interesting dynamic to this concept. So, there was some potential but, at the end of the day, it was always only mildly entertaining but never really much more than that. I think the main issue was with the main character played by Andy Samberg. Indeed, even though the character played by Cristin Milioti was also a mess, at least, I could sense some depth within her and, eventually, Sarah was much more intriguing than Nyles. Indeed, Nyles was such a pathetic loser. Sure, I get it was done on purpose but I never really rooted for this guy because his conclusion was, since everyday will repeat itself, he might as well spend his days drinking beer. Seriously? Sure, his situation was messed-up but you could do so many more things with your time like reading a book, watch a movie, learn to play some music (like in ‘Groundhog Day’), learn a foreign language,… Anyway, to conclude, even though it didn’t really work for me, I have to admit that it was still a decent watch and it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre. 

6/10